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      African civil society and the promotion of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance

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          When the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance was adopted on 30 January 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, most African countries were governed by leaders who came to power or were clinging to power by coups d'état, constitutional manipulations, human rights violations or vote rigging. Africa continues to be subject to authoritarian and corrupt governance, which impact negatively on its development and on the living conditions of its people. Under these conditions, the adoption of the African Democracy Charter by those very same African leaders who were rightly or wrongly blamed for their authoritarian and corrupt governance was a miracle. The Charter came into force on 15 February 2012. In light of this, the article reflects on the African Democracy Charter, its significance, its shortcomings as well as the prospects for its implementation and the particular role that civil society organisations can and should play in promoting its values.

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                Role: ND
                Journal
                ahrlj
                African Human Rights Law Journal
                Afr. hum. rights law j.
                Centre of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (Pretoria )
                1609-073X
                2012
                : 12
                : 2
                : 348-372
                Affiliations
                [1 ] University of South Africa
                Article
                S1996-20962012000200003
                1ace9774-a4c7-476f-9d2f-753398067b85

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                SciELO South Africa

                Self URI (journal page): http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1996-2096&lng=en
                Categories
                Art
                Criminology & Penology
                Law

                General arts,Criminology,General law
                General arts, Criminology, General law

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